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2020/APR/09

Parham K

Camp Covid

There is no question that the COVID-19 crisis has affected vast sectors of the economy and the public in adverse ways, but in Architecture, as in economics, there are models of more resilient...

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architecture as camping

ephemeralization

prefab

tiny homes

shiftingparadigms

Tall and wide brown brick building in the shape of an extruded ellipse with curved walls and an orderly grid of square punch windows. The top row of windows is arched with a semicircle. Around it are 4 to 5 storey high brick buildings, rectangular in shape.

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2023/OCT/03

OAA

The PSAC Building

Location: Ottawa, Ontario Date of Completion: 1968 Architect: Schoeler & Heaton Architects Inc. Nominated by: Joel Harden, MPP (Ottawa Centre) “I think the trend of architectural expression...

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the psac building

oaa

queens park picks

queens park picks 2023

blOAAG Canadian Modern Architecture: Toronto Healthy House

Article (text and images)

2019/OCT/22

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Canadian Modern Architecture: ...

Image Credit: Toronto Healthy House, exterior view from laneway. Architectural Credit: Martin Liefhebber Architect, 1996. Photo Credit: Courtesy Breathe Architects This month, World...

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Canadian Modern Architecture

Large two-storey blue, grey, and green stucco building with a large, angled canopy stretching over the entrance.

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2023/OCT/03

OAA

Eenchokay Birchstick School

Location: Pikangikum First Nation Date of Completion: 2016 Architect: Number Ten Architectural Group Nominated by: Sol Mamakwa, MPP (Kiiwetinoong) After its original school building was destroyed by...

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eenchokay birchstick school

oaa

queens park picks

queens park picks 2023

blOAAG The Rob and Cheryl McEwen Graduate Study & Research Building, Schulich School of Business

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2020/MAR/13

Ontario Association of Architects

The Rob and Cheryl McEwen Grad...

Location: Toronto, Ont. Architect: Baird Sampson Neuert Architects Inc. Energy Efficiency and Carbon Stability Architects must play a role in stabilizing the climate change crisis, lowering...

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oaa awards 2020

design excellence

finalists

winner

blOAAG Wilson School of Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

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2020/MAR/13

Ontario Association of Architects

Wilson School of Design, Kwant...

Location: Richmond, B.C. Architect: KPMB Architects + Public: Architecture + Communication OAA Design Excellence Awards Finalist The Wilson School of Design’s vision is to be the...

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oaa awards 2020

design excellence

finalists

blOAAG The Queen Street Project by Ailsa Craigen

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2020/AUG/17

Ailsa Craigen

The Queen Street Project by Ai...

These drawings are the first few from a series I am working on called "The Queen Street Project” where I have started from the Broadview Hotel on Queen East and proceed west. I started this series as...

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sketches

2020

summer sketches

blOAAG The Hand: Dream Delineator – Part 1 by Darius Gumushdjian

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2021/SEP/10

Darius Gumushdjian

The Hand: Dream Delineator – P...

It’s difficult to say if any other method of representation is as intuitive as the one between you and yourself. Sketching allows for the delineation of thought, feeling, and impulse of the...

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summer sketches 2021

sketches

blOAAG TPL Scarborough Civic Centre Branch (2015)

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2016/MAR/24

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TPL Scarborough Civic Centre B...

Location: Toronto, ON Architects: LGA Architectural Partners Inc. and Phillip H. Carter, Architect in joint ventureDate of completion: 2015OAA Awards 2016 Design Excellence WinnerFlanking the...

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Toronto

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